Verses 5-6
God will bless those individuals-who seek God’s fellowship by pursuing the ways of righteousness-by granting their desire.
"Whatever is functioning as it should is ’righteous’: in court, the man in the right; in character, the honest man; in the run of affairs, success. Probably all three are present in this context. This man has the smile of God upon him: he is accepted, he is helped to live an upright life, his affairs under God’s blessing will run as they should [cf. Psalms 23:3 b; Psalms 65:5]." [Note: Kidner, p. 114.]
The "generation" of those who seek Him probably refers to the group who seek God’s face (i.e., seek God). The psalmist referred to the God of Jacob (NIV) here. This reference to Jacob brings to mind Jacob wrestling with the Lord to receive a blessing from Him (Genesis 32:24-32). All who similarly struggle to obtain the Lord’s blessing by pursuing righteousness will receive His favor, as Jacob did.
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